Aarne, Antti, and Thompson, Stith. The Types of the Folktale: A Classification and Bibliography . Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1961.

Ashliman, D. L. A Guide to Folktales in the English Language. Bibliographies and Indexes in World Literature series. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1987.

Thompson, Stith. 1946. The Folktale. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1977. Still the best introduction to the folktale.